Patrick O'Brian Critical Essays and a Bibliography [Hardcover]

Patrick O'Brian is the well-known author of the Aubrey/Maturin novels, set during the Napoleonic wars. They are acknowledged by critics and readers alike as classic works of fiction and are attracting an increasingly wide audience. Patrick O'Brian is also a translator of note and the author of several biographies and other works of nonfiction. His first books appeared over forty years ago to wide and enduring critical acclaim.The best historical novels ever written. . . . On every page Mr. OBrian reminds us with subtle artistry of the most important of all historical lessons: that times change, but people dont, that the griefs and follies and victories of the men and women who were here before us are in fact the maps of our own lives. Richard Snow,